James Muyskens was appointed Queens College’s ninth president in July 2002. During his tenure, Dr. Muyskens has successfully launched a review and updating of the college’s undergraduate General Education curriculum. He also added a number of new programs, including business ad ministration, neuroscience, graphic design, and bioinformatics.

Over the years at Queens College, Dr. Muyskens has guided the recruitment of hundreds of new faculty, overseen the completion of the renovation of Powdermaker Hall (the college’s primary classroom facility), and broke ground on a $30 million addition to Remsen Hall, which will house new chemistry laboratories. Recently Dr. Muyskens spearheaded the college’s most ambitious capital fundraising campaign, which exceeded its goal of $100 million.

In 2007 Queens College received a glowing reaccreditation report from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools . Dr. Muyskens is currently overseeing the college’s ambitious new strategic planning initiative, which will establish goals for the college to achieve during the next twenty years.

Dr. Muyskens’ extensive ad ministrative experience includes serving as Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for the 34-campus University System of Georgia. He also spent seven years as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas.

His appointment to Queens College marked Dr. Muyskens’ return to the City University of New York. He began his career at Hunter College as an assistant professor of philosophy and moved through the ranks to full professor. He also served Hunter as chair of its Department of Philosophy and as Associate Provost and Acting Provost.

A graduate of Central College in Iowa, James Muyskens earned a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Se minary and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Michigan. His publications include two books, The Sufficiency of Hope and Moral Problems in Nursing: A Philosophical Investigation, as well as numerous articles concerning the philosophy of religion and ethics.

Dr. Muyskens serves as a member of the Commission on International Initiatives for the American Council of Education (ACE). He is also a member of the Council of State Representatives for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU).

Dr. Muyskens lives with his wife, Alda, in Douglaston and is the father of two grown sons, Nathan and Jonathan.

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